Rand Paul: GOP split on privacy due to 'generational' gap

(Daily Caller) Republican congressional leaders continue to support an expansive surveillance state because of the “generational” gap in the Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul posited in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller on Thursday.

The Kentucky Republican said he believes that opinions about the United States’ surveillance practices within the Republican Party are a matter of age.

“Maybe it’s a generational thing and some people believe you can’t have safety without giving government wide and sweeping powers,” Paul told TheDC during the short car trip back to his Senate office from a press conference at the Capitol Hill Club, where he announced his lawsuit against the federal government.